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Favignana travel guide, guidebook and phrasebooks, download .pdf chapters on Lonely Planet.
Favignana (Sicilian: Favignana, Italian: Favignana) is a comune including three islands (Favignana, Marettimo and Levanzo) of the Aegadian Islands, southern Italy. It is situated approximately 7 km west of the coast of Sicily, between Trapani and Marsala, the coastal area where the Stagnone Lagoon and the international airport of Trapani, are sited. The island is famous for its tuna fisheries and is now a popular tourist destination with frequent hydrofoil connections to the mainland. Favignana is the largest of the three principal Egadi Islands, with a land area of 19,8 km². The island is often described as having a 'butterfly' shape. Favignana town is located on a narrow isthmus connecting the two 'wings', which have quite different characteristics. The eastern half of the island is largely flat, while the western half is dominated by a chain of hills of which Monte Santa Caterina is the tallest at 314 m (1045 ft). It is topped by a fort, originally established by the Saracens and still in use by the Italian military (and closed to the public). A number of small islands are situated off the south coast of Favignana. The island is famous for its caves of calcarenite rock (locally known as 'tufo') and the ancient fishing technique of tonnara, originally of Arab origin, with the trapping and mattanza (massacre) of bluefin tuna. Favignana is one of the few places in Italy where this is still done. Because the island consists mainly of calcareous rocks, there are few beaches on the island; however, it is a popular site for scuba diving, snorkeling, and for day trips from nearby Trapani ... more on Wikipedia.The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply.
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